Tripoli, Lebanon, Feb 9, 2026 (AFP) - Residents of north Lebanon city lose neighbours, livelihoods in building collapse

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2026-02-09

Rubble is all that remains of the building once home to Adnan Mardash's grocery shop in north Lebanon's Tripoli after it collapsed, killing 14 people and shining a spotlight on the impoverished city's neglect. Mordash, 54, said he shut the small ground-floor store where he worked for more than three decades and went to his nearby home shortly before the disaster on Sunday afternoon. "Our neighbours and loved ones died... people lost their livelih......

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